Hemiblocks revisited

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1154-1163

  Elizari, Marcelo V ^a   Acunzo, Rafael S ^a   Ferreiro, Marcela ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMOS MEJÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Epidemiology; Heart block; Heart septal defects; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADAMS STOKES ATTACK; AGING; AORTA DISEASE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ANTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT POSTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSIVE CARDIAC CONDUCTION DEFECT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADAMS-STOKES SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947595667     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.637389     Document Type: Review

References (46)

1. Rosenbaum MB, Elizari MV, Lázzari JO. Los Hemibloqueos. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Paidós; 1968.
2. Rosenbaum MB, Elizari MV, Lázzari JO. The Hemiblocks. Oldsmar, Florida: Tampa Tracings; 1970.
3. Uhley HN. The concept of trifascicular intraventricular conduction: historical aspects and influence on contemporary cardiology. Am J Cardiol. 1979;43:643-646.
4. Tawara S. The Conduction System of the Mammalian Heart. An Anatomic-Histological Study of the Atrioventricular Bundle and the Purkinje Fibers. Suma K, Shimada M, trans; Anderson RN, ed. London: National Heart and Lung Institute; 2000:45-62.
5. Demoulin JC, Kulbertus HE. Histopathological examination of concept of left hemiblock. Br Heart J. 1972;34:807-814.
6. Massing G, James TN. Anatomy and pathology of the conduction system. In: Samet P, ed. Cardiac Pacing. New York, NY: Grune and Stratton; 1973;17.
7. MacAlpin R. In search of the left septal fascicular block. Am Heart J. 2002;144:948-956.
8. de Padua F, dos Reis D, Lopes VM, Pereira MJ, Lopes MG, da Silva TM, de Padua JP. Left median hemiblock - a chimera? Adv Cardiol. 1978;21:242-248.
9. Nakaya Y, Hiasa Y, Murayama Y, Ueda S, Nagao T, Niki T, Mori H, Takashima Y. Prominent anterior QRS forces as a manifestation of left septal fascicular block. J Electrocardiol. 1978;11:39-46.
10. Kennel AJ, Titus JL. The vasculature of the human atrioventricular conduction system. Mayo Clin Proc. 1972;47:562-566.
11. Frink RJ, James TN. Normal blood supply to the human His bundle and proximal bundle branches. Circulation 1973;47:8-18.
12. Marriott HJL, Hogan RN. Hemiblock in acute myocardial infarction. Chest. 1970;58:342-344.
13. Kincaid DT, Botti RE. Significance of isolated left anterior hemiblock and left axis deviation during acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1972;30:797-800.
14. Col JJ, Weinberg SL. The incidence and mortality of intraventricular conduction defects in acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1972;29:344-350.
15. Rizzon P, Di Biase M, Baissus C. Intraventricular conduction defects in acute myocardial infarction. Br Heart J. 1974;36:660-668.
16. Roos JC, Dunning AJ. Bundle branch block in acute myocardial infarction. Eur J Cardiol. 1978;6:403-424.
17. Kulbertus HE, Collignon P, Humblet L, de Leval-Rilitten F. Left axis deviation in inferior infarction: vectorcardiographic recognition of concomitant left anterior fascicular block. Chest. 1971;60:362-366.
18. Castellanos A Jr, Chahine RA, Chapunoff E, Gomez J, Portillo B. Diagnosis of left anterior hemiblock in the presence of inferior wall myocardial infarction. Chest. 1971;60:543-551.
19. Benchimol A, Desser KB, Massey BJ. Coexisting left anterior hemiblock and inferior wall myocardial infarction: vectorcardiographic features. Am J Card 1972;7-14.
20. Rosenbaum MB, Yesuron J, Lázzari JO, Elizari MV. Left anterior hemiblock obscuring the diagnosis of right bundle branch block. Circulation. 1973;58:298-303.
21. Aravindakshan V, Elizari MV, Rosenbaum MB. Right bundle branch block and left anterior fascicular block (left anterior hemiblock) following tricuspid valve replacement. Circulation. 1970;42:895-902.
22. Rosenbaum MB, Corrado G, Oliver R, Castellanos A Jr, Elizari MV. Right bundle branch block with left anterior hemiblock surgically induced in tetralogy of Fallot. Am J Cardiol. 1970;26:12-19.
23. Wolff GS, Rowland TW, Ellison RC. Surgically induced right bundle branch block with left anterior hemiblock: an ominous sign of postoperative tetralogy of Fallot. Circulation. 1972;46:587-594.
24. Steeg CN, Krongrad E, Davachi F, Bowman FO Jr, Malm JR, Gersony WM. Postoperative left anterior hemiblock and right bundle branch block following repair of tetralogy of Fallot: clinical and etiologic considerations. Circulation. 1975;51:1026-1029.
25. Pahlajani DP, Serratto M, Mehta A, Miller RA, Hastreiter A, Rosen KM. Surgical bifascicular block. Circulation. 1975;52:82-87.
26. Elizari MV, Ansaldi SM, Chiale PA, Mosto H, Guerchi JP, Colombero D, Rosenbaum MB. Cierre espontáeo de la comunicación interventricular. Una causa ignorada de trastornos de la conducción aurículoventricular e intraventricular. Rev Argent Cardiol. 1996;64:165-174.
27. Rosenbaum MB. Chagasic myocardiopathy. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 1964;7:199-224.
28. Kulbertus HE, de Leval-Hutten F, Dubois M, Petit JM. Prognostic significance of left anterior hemiblock with right bundle branch block in mass screening. Am J Cardiol. 1978;41:385. Abstract.
29. Ostrander LD Jr. Left axis deviation prevalence, associated conditions and prognosis. Am Int Med. 1971;75:23-28.
30. Siegman-Igra Y, Yahini JH, Goldourt V, Neufeld HN. Intraventricular conduction disturbances: a review of prevalence, etiology and progression for ten years within a stable population of Israel adult males. Am Heart J. 1978;96:669-679.
31. Lenegre J. Contribution a letude des blocks de branche. J.B. Bailliere et fils, eds. Paris; 1958.
32. Maron BJ, Towbin JA, Thiene G, Antzelevitch C, Corrado D, Arnet D, Moss AJ, Seidman CE, Young JB. Contemporary definitions and classification of the cardiomyopathies: an American Heart Association scientific statement from the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee; Quality of Care and Outcomes Research and Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Interdisciplinary Working Groups; and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention. Circulation. 2006;113:1807-1816.
33. Lev M. The conduction system. In: Gould SE, ed. Pathology of the Heart and Blood Vessels. 3rd ed. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas; 1968.
34. Arcil G, Farru V, Hernandez I: Asociación de hemibloqueo anterior izquierdo y CIV subtricuspídeo con cierre espontáneo. Proceedings Congreso Chileno de Cardiología, Viña del Mar. 1968:6. Abstract.
35. Yano K, Peskoe S, Rhoads G, Moore JO, Kagan A. Left axis deviation and left anterior hemiblock among 8000 Japanese-American men. Am J Cardiol. 1975;35:809-815.
36. Canaveris G, Halpern MS, Elizari MV. Intraventricular conduction disturbances in civilian flying personnel: left anterior hemiblock. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1992;63:292-298.
37. Krivisky M, Aberbouch L, Shochat I, Riba KJ, Tamir A, Froom P. Left anterior hemiblock in otherwise healthy pilots. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1988;59:651-652.
38. Kulbertus HE. Prognostic significance of fascicular blocks in acute myocardial infarction. In: Kaindi F, Pachinger 0, Probst P, eds. The First 24 Hours in Myocardial Infarction. Baden-Baden, Germany: Verlag Gerhard Witzstrock; 1977;33.
39. Kincaid DT, Botti RE. Significance of isolated left anterior hemiblock and left axis deviation during acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1972;30:797-800.
40. Atkins JM, Leshin SJ, Blomovist G, Mullens Ch B. Ventricular conduction blocks and sudden death in acute myocardial infarction. Potential indication for pacing. New Eng J Med. 1973;288:281-284.
41. Rabkin SW, Mathewson FAL, Tate PR. Natural history of marked left axis deviation (left anterior hemiblock). Am J Cardiol. 1979;43:605-611.
42. Blackburn H, Vasquez CL, Keys A. The ageing electrocardiogram. A common ageing process or latent coronary artery disease? Am J Cardiol. 1967;20:618-627.
43. Seavey PW, Sexton TS. Left axis deviation: an electrocardiographic mortality study. Trans Assoc Life Ins Med Dir Am. 1971;54:27-33.
44. Biagini E, Elhendy A, Shinkel AFL, Nelwan S, Rizzello V, van Domburg RT, Rapezzi C, Rocchi G, Simoons ML, Bax JJ, Poldermans D. Prognostic significance of left anterior hemiblock in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005;46:858-863.
45. Rizzon P, Rossi L, Baissus C, Demoulin JC, Di Biase M. Left posterior hemiblock in acute myocardial infarction. Br Heart J. 1975;37:711-720.
46. Dhingra RC, Denes P, Wu D, Chuquimia R, Amat-Y-Leon F, Wyndham C, Rosen KM. Chronic right bundle branch block and left posterior hemiblock: clinical, electrophysiologic and prognostic observations. Am J Cardiol. 1975;36:867-879.